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Coordinates: 40°26′38″N 79°57′44″W / 40.443777°N 79.962274°W / 40.443777; -79.962274
Not to be confused with Petersen Sports Complex.
The John M. and Gertrude E. Petersen Events Center (more commonly known as the Petersen Events Center or "The Pete") is a 12,508-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It hosts the men's and women's Pitt Panthers basketball teams. The arena is named for philanthropists John Petersen and his wife Gertrude, who donated $10 million for its construction.[1] John Petersen, a Pitt alumnus, is a native of nearby Erie, Pennsylvania and is the retired President and CEO of Erie Insurance Group. The Petersen Events Center was winner of the 2003 Innovative Architecture & Design Honor Award from Recreation Management magazine.
The arena opened in 2002 on part of the former site of Pitt Stadium, which housed the university's football team from 1925–1999. The Pitt men's and women's basketball programs make their home here, previously residing in Fitzgerald Field House. The new building, due to its larger capacity, also meant that Pitt no longer had to play certain games or hold graduation ceremonies at the Civic Arena.
Pete Holmes (born March 30, 1979) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and cartoonist based in Los Angeles, California.
Holmes was born in Lexington, Massachusetts, United States.
When he attended Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts, he participated in the improvisational comedy troupe, The Sweaty-Toothed Madmen.
Holmes has appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, VH1's Best Week Ever as a regular panelist and VH1's All Access. His cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker.
Holmes has provided the voices for several of the characters on Comedy Central's cartoon Ugly Americans. He is the voice of the e-trade baby on television commercials and is also credited as a writer for the commercials.
In 2010, he performed on John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show as well as Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. On February 26, 2010, he performed his first television special on the series Comedy Central Presents. On March 21, 2011 and on November 17, 2011 he appeared on the TBS talk show Conan.
Oh the bed
Oooh the bed
Ahhh the bed
Oh the bed
Mmmm the bed
I love the bed
You can lie in bed
You can lay in bed
You can die in bed
You can pray in bed
You can live in bed
You can laugh in bed
You can give your heart
Or break your heart in half in bed
You can tease in bed
You can please in bed
You can squeeze in bed
You can freeze in bed
You can sneeze in bed
Catch the fleas in bed
All of these
Plus eat crackers and cheese in bed
Oh the bed is a thing
Of feather and spring
Of wire and wood
Invention so good
Oh the bed comes complete
With pillow and sheet
With blanket electric
And breath antiseptic
Let there be sheets
Let there be beds
Foam rubber pillows
Under our heads
Let there be sighs
Filling the room
Scanty pajamas
By Fruit of the Loom
You can eat in bed
You can beat in bed
Be in heat in bed
Have a treat in bed
You can rock in bed
You can roll in bed
Find your cock in bed
Lose your soul in bed
You can lose in bed
You can win in bed
But never never never never
Never never never never
Never never never
Never can you sin in bed!